1931 Edmonton municipal election

The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Keillor (SS), Donald Lake, and Charles Gerald O'Connor were all elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Mrs. W D Ferris had all been elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,583 ballots cast out of 42,753 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 52.8%.

Results

• bold or Y indicates elected
• italics indicate incumbent
• "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Labour	Rice Sheppard	11,519	SS	Y
	Labour	Harry Ainlay	10,316	SS	Y
	Labour	James Findlay	10,186		Y
	Civic Government Association	Herbert Baker	9,839		Y
	Civic Government Association	Arthur Gainer	9,741		Y
	Civic Government Association	Ralph Bellamy	8,780
	Labour	Sidney Parsons	7,994
	Civic Government Association	Thornton Graham	7,802
	Independent	Dick Foote	7,514
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	4,944
	Independent	William Ross	3,888
	Independent	Lin S. Bell	3,222
	Independent	Frank R. Lovette	2,540
	Communist	Jan Lakeman	1,702
	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,197

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Civic Government Association	Albert Ottewell	11,035	SS	Y
	Labour	Frank Crang	10,919	SS	Y
	Civic Government Association	L. Y. Cairns	9,222		Y
	Civic Government Association	Arthur Cushing	9,009
	Labour	Sidney Bowcott	9,005		Y
	Labour	Daniel Powers	8,970
	Civic Government Association	S. A. Dickson	8,327

(The figures above were those from the initial count. Upon completion of a recount, Bowcott was found to have received more votes than Cushing and was therefore elected.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey (SS) were acclaimed.

References

• Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office